(spoken:
 Say Minnie!
 Where you going?

 MM:
 (spoken:
 What you want, Kansas Joe?
 I'm going to the mill; what do you think?
 Have my corn ground

 KJ:
 For what?
 Ahw, that old mill is done broke down
 I'm just from down there

 MM:
 How do you know?
 Ahw, and it broke you down

 KJ:
 Ahw, no, I went to get my corn ground
 It done broke down
 Yeah, it done broke down)

 MM:
 What's the matter with the mill?
 Done broke down?)

 MM:
 Can't get no grinding, tell me what's the matter with the mill

 Well, I had a little corn, I put it in a sack
 Brought it to the mill and come right back
 What's the matter with the mill?
 What's the matter with the mill?
 I can't get no grinding
 Tell me what's the matter with the mill

 KJ:
 It done broke down
 It done broke down

 MM:
 (spoken: Ahw, grind it)

 Now listen here folks, I don't want no stuff
 You can't bring me my meal, bring me the husks
 What's the matter with the mill?
 What's the matter with the mill?
 I can't get no grinding
 Tell me what's the matter with the mill

 KJ:
 It done broke down
 It done broke down

 MM:
 Well, my papa sat and cried, my brother did, too
 They both been to the mill, they can't get nothing to do
 What's the matter with the mill?
 What's the matter with the mill?
 I can't get no grinding
 Tell me what's the matter with the mill

 KJ:
 It done broke down
 It done broke down

 Now listen here folks, I want you to bear this in mind
 If you're going to the mill, you're just losing time
 What's the matter with the mill?
 What's the matter with the mill?
 I can't get no grinding
 Tell me what's the matter with the mill

 KJ:
 It done broke down
 It done broke down

 (spoken: Aww, grind it again